Natural gas

Fearing a price dispute between Moscow and Kiev may lead to disruptions in Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine, Bulgaria is preparing to avert a gas crisis in winter months. According to Bulgaria’s caretaker deputy premier for economic policy Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Russian gas supplies are highly likely to be affected by tensions between Moscow and…

A working meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller took place today. Alexey Miller reported to Vladimir Putin that European consumers were receiving gas supplies entirely in line with contractual obligations. The total accumulated gas supplies for export exceeded the planned amount by 3 billion cubic meters by early September. According to the Hydrometcenter forecasts, the upcoming wither in Russia will be colder…

Russian gas giant Gazprom will inject 100 million euros into the capital of South Stream Transport, one of the operators of the South Stream pipeline designed to carry gas to Europe bypassing Ukraine, the gas giant said in a statement Monday. The board of directors of Gazprom approved the decision on September 10, the company…

Russia-Ukraine-E.U. gas talks can be held on September 16 in Vienna, aide to the chairman of Ukraine’s energy company Naftogaz Ukrainy Yury Vitrenko said late Tuesday. “We have talked with Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, a representative of the European Commission’s energy department. According to him, the working date for the meeting is September 16,” Vitrenko said, adding…

Although it’s difficult to discern the real price paid for natural gas in Europe, Howard Rogers, Director, Natural Gas Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, says there is a correlation in pricing between many of the hubs in Northwestern Europe. That’s according to analysis through 2012 published by one of his colleagues at…

BEIJING, Sep 2 – The Russian Energy Ministry expects a gas agreement with China to be signed in October, Minister Alexander Novak told PRIME Tuesday. “Our deadline is October. This month we must fully coordinate the final text of the agreement with the Chinese side and sign it,” Novak said. In May, gas giant Gazprom…

The European Commission will say whether it is possible to load the OPAL pipeline fully by September 15, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in a news conference Monday, following an August 29 discussion with E.U. Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger. “At the last meeting we discussed the full loading of the OPAL pipeline, giving the…